Nam-sun, also spelled Nam-soon, is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning depends on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are five hanja with the reading "nam" and 31 hanja with the reading "sun" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.[1]

Nam-sun
Hangul
남순
Hanja
, , and others
Revised RomanizationNam-sun
McCune–ReischauerNamsun

People with this name include:

Fictional characters with this name include:

  • Nam-soon, male character in 2011 South Korean film Pained
  • Go Nam-soon, male character in 2013 South Korean television series School 2013

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References

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  1. ^ 인명용 한자표 [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. August 2007. pp. 7, 25. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 March 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2018.